Jack Lloyd Yerman (born February 5, 1939) is an American former athlete and winner of the gold medal in the

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at the

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. Jack Yerman was sixth in the 400 m at the 1959 Pan-American Games and won the silver medal as a member of an American relay team. He won the 1960 U.S. Olympic Trials 400 m at Stanford with a time of 46.3, but at the Olympics itself, he only reached the semifinals. Jack Yerman won a gold medal as the lead-off runner with the American relay team and set a new

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of 3:02.2. Yerman also played fullback for Berkeley in the Rose Bowl. Previously he ran for Woodland High School in

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, finishing third at the 1956 CIF California State Meet. Yerman lives in

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. He is a retired high school teacher and father of four. He is a Latter-day Saint. Yerman joined

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after his participation in the Olympics.''LDS Church Almanac'', 2009 Edition, p. 326

World records

* Mile Relay * 1600 Meter Relay * Two Mile Relay * Distance Medley Relay * Indoor 400 Meter short track * 660 yard sprint (unofficial)

Major events

* Olympic Gold Medal – 1600 meter relay 1960 * Rose Bowl 1960 * Pan American Games : (only Jack Yerman and

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have accomplished all three of the above) * First US-USSR dual meet, 1958 * Two Time Donkey Derby Champion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yerman, Jack 1939 births Living people American football fullbacks American male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics California Golden Bears football players California Golden Bears men's track and field athletes Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Oroville, California Track and field athletes from California American Latter Day Saints Converts to Mormonism People from Paradise, California Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games